Random tax question

[bjfinste]

Right out of college, I was looking at a job in Nevada (Tahoe area) but would have lived on the CA side of the border, and I was told that I'd have to pay CA state income taxes if I did so (NV has no state taxes). I ended up making the horrible, awful decision to move to the hell-on-Earth that is South Dakota instead, so that point became moot.

I'm just curious... if the opposite was true, working in an income tax state but living across the border in non-tax state, (i.e. living in Tahoe but working just over the border in CA), do you have to pay state income taxes?

 

[s_dooley24]

Right out of college, I was looking at a job in Nevada (Tahoe area) but would have lived on the CA side of the border, and I was told that I'd have to pay CA state income taxes if I did so (NV has no state taxes). I ended up making the horrible, awful decision to move to the hell-on-Earth that is South Dakota instead, so that point became moot.

I'm just curious... if the opposite was true, working in an income tax state but living across the border in non-tax state, (i.e. living in Tahoe but working just over the border in CA), do you have to pay state income taxes?

Not sure if this will help, but I live in MD and work i VA. I had to fill out a VA state tax exemption form stating that since I lived in MD I would pay state taxes there. No headaches, just have to fill it out every year since the goverment can't keep it....not sure why, but thats it.

 

[dawgball]

My company is based in Atlanta (GA has state tax) but live in Nashville (TN does not have state tax). I do not pay any state taxes, so my checks are higher than my partners even though our salary is the same.

BUT I pay a 9.5% (or somewhere close to that) sales tax on all purchases.

I prefer it the way TN has it set up. I like consumption taxes much more than taxing someone to work. If I don't want to pay taxes to my state, I can sit my ass at home and stare at the walls.

 

[hedman]

walls = property tax

but I do agree with your point on consumption tax,

 

[bjfinste]

Thanks Rico and Dawgball... that's exactly what I was trying to figure out.